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Bullous vs Bulbous - What's the difference?

bullous | bulbous |

As adjectives the difference between bullous and bulbous

is that bullous is of, pertaining to or characterized by bullae while bulbous is having the shape of or resembling a bulb, bloated.

bullous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to or characterized by bullae

    • bulbous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the shape of or resembling a bulb, bloated.
  • (of a person) Overweight and round in shape.
  • * 2002 , Michael Bracken, All White Girls (page 9)
    • A neon cacophony hung only a few feet above their heads, the popping and buzzing of the lights only occasionally drowned out by the shouts of the barkers, bulbous men whose doughy fat strained at their sweat-stained t-shirts
  • (botany) Growing from a bulb or producing bulbs.
    • English refractory feminine rhymes